Job DescriptionJob DescriptionThermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, growing efficiency in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them.Our distributed team of more than 125,000 colleagues delivers an unrivalled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD.Would you like to work with outstanding allergy and autoimmune solutions and innovative systems? Are you a highly motivated System Engineer with experience from development projects? Then Thermo Fisher Scientific Sweden has a great opportunity for a System Engineer.This position is based in Uppsala, where Thermo Fisher develops, manufactures, and markets complete blood test systems to support the clinical diagnosis and monitoring of allergy, asthma and autoimmune diseases. With 1,900 employees worldwide working with these products, and 1,000 in Sweden, we are the global leader in in-vitro allergy testing and the European leader in autoimmunity diagnostics.The TeamThe Instrument & Consumables group, is a part of System R&D department with approximately 120 staff members. The team is driving expertise in the area of mechanical, electronics and embedded software engineering of development and product care activities for instruments and consumables for diagnostical use. To facilitate design process, we have a mechanical & electronics workshop, including equipment such as 3D printers and machinery for cutting, milling and forming processing, at site. The team consists of more than 20 employees and contingent workers, an innovative multi-disciplinary team with good collaboration, helping each other crafting great products.In scope of operations is design responsibility of the Phadia™ 200 system, a fully automated benchtop instrument including software capable of diagnostic testing menu of +500 different tests. The instrument is crafted to handle processing of samples, reagents and calculation of analytical results from the measurement values. Phadia™ 200 is intended to be used in clinical laboratories.Working with us is rewarding through our purpose, our team spirit and our generous benefit package including extended paid time off and a bonus system.The JobAs a System Engineer in our team, you will work with the entire chain of development in projects from the concept phase through requirements and design and into the final testing and product & process care of existing instruments. You will also initiate development work that ensures that the designs are driven by meeting the current and future needs of our customers and requirements from regulatory authorities. In the role you will acquire a deep understanding of how the product works, hardware, electronics, software, and assay interact and the interfaces between them.You will be involved in many technical areas and become a member of a multi-functional team where a collaborative approach is a key for success.In the role as System Engineer you will be responsible for the development of systems and components in various applications and purpose. The systems also contain finished components such as pumps, tubes and motors. You will work with specification, design and testing of components and modules throughout the product life cycle from new products to solving and improvement of existing products.In practice, your role may include:Securing that the user need for the product are broken down into relevant System and Product requirements.Ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements related to product development and design.Integration of assays onto instruments and solving of potential performance issuesEnsuring consistent assay performance over existing and new instrument and assay portfolios from R&D, verification and validation to production and customer labsProduct & Process care of existing instruments.Collaborate with hardware, mechanical and software engineers to ensure that system together with other functions fulfill requirements.Lead and contribute to technical investigations and improvement activities.Testing of prototype versions of electronic components, modules and systems.Ensure that production- and test methods enable products of high quality.The role consists of investigations of complaints to identify possible problems with the products and what possible consequences there could be for the customers.Work with analysis of data from our instrument systems to find out if test results have been affected by technical issues in our products.Work with root cause investigations to understand the origin of these technical problems.Transfer of knowledge gained from root cause investigation to assure that we avoid similar problems in the future.Document the investigations and the conclusions.Experience and Qualifications:Bachelor's and/or Master's (preferred) degree in relevant engineering field.Product development experience, preferably within the regulated industry.Experience from complex products that preferably contained hardware, electronics, software and robotic.Previous experience of leading design related activitiesAbility to speak and write in Swedish and English at a professional level.Ability of working independently, taking ownership for the management of processes, projects and timelines.Skilled to work across departments, in a matrix organization.Excellent communication and influencing skills.How will you get there?As a person, it’s important that you are curious, self-going, driven with ability to adjust your communication to the receiver. You will interact with many team members both internal at Thermo Fisher and suppliers/partners to Thermo Fisher Globally. As a System Engineer, it is also important that you have leading skills to be able to take on activities where you will be responsible for leading activities and your colleagues forward. Experience from development of Medical Device is a need and experience from submissions to authorities is a merit.Please send in your application, including a cover letter, CV (in one document) in English, apply via http://jobs.thermofisher.com. Please apply as soon as possible, the position will be filled as soon as suitable candidate is found.Apply today!
